Mobile-only streaming service Quibi sees more than 300,000 downloads on launch day
- Quibi, rolled out on Monday, stands for ‘quick bites’ and offers slickly produced movies in chunks of 10 minutes or shorter
- The service, currently available only in the United States and Canada, will also deliver reality shows and news

Mobile-only streaming service Quibi racked up more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, as stay-at-home viewers lapped up its short films starring Hollywood A-listers.
Quibi, rolled out on Monday, stands for “quick bites” and offers slickly produced movies, such as Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth’s thriller Most Dangerous Game, in chunks of 10 minutes or shorter.
The service, currently available only in the United States and Canada, will also deliver reality shows and news. Basketball superstar LeBron James appears in a documentary about his Ohio school for at-risk youth.
Quibi offers a 90-day free trial and will cost US$5 a month with ads, or US$8 a month without them, after that period.
Still, the downloads were fewer than Walt Disney’s streaming service, Disney+, first day downloads, which stood at 4 million, Sensor Tower data showed.